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S4Build a Corporate Culture That Works - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)Theres a widespread understanding that managing corporate culture is key to business success. Yet few companies articulate their culture in such a way that the words become an organizational reality that molds employee behavior as intended. All too often a culture is described as a set of anodyne norms, principles, or values, which do not offer decision-makers guidance on how to make difficult choices when faced with conflicting but equally defensible courses of action. The trick to making a desired culture come alive is to debate and articulate it using dilemmas. If you identify the tough dilemmas your employees routinely face and clearly state how they should be resolvedIn this company, when we come across this dilemma, we turn leftthen your desired culture will take root and influence the behavior of the team. To develop a culture that works, follow six rules: Ground your culture in the dilemmas you are likely to confront, dilemma-test your values, communicate your values in colorful terms, hire people who fit, let culture drive strategy, and know when to pull back from a value statement.
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S6Creating Stability Is Just as Important as Managing Change - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)When we think about change at work today, we tend to assume its inevitability and focus our attention on how to manage it what methods and processes and technology and communication we need to put in place to have it move ahead more smoothly. Of course, some change is necessary, and some is inevitable. But not all of it. What the scientific literature on predictability, agency, belonging, place, and meaning suggests is that before we think about managing change, we should consider the conditions that people need at work in order to be productive. In this article, the author explains why we should cultivate a renewed appreciation for the virtues of stability, together with an understanding of how to practice stability management.
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S7S8How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House - WIRED (No paywall)They couldnt sleep. A hurricane was lashing their brand-new house with a torrent of wind and rain. Deborah Rodriguez and her husband were miles away, snuggled up in a hotel bed, but they could watch the drama unfold in real time: Their smartphones were connected to their home security cameras. The couple, from St. Petersburg, Florida, along with their kids and pets, had evacuated ahead of Hurricane Idalia last August.Rodriguez stared at her phone screen. She was confident that her house had been built to a high standardthat it was designed to withstand exactly this kind of onslaught. But she wondered. Poring over the shadowy, shuddering footage of debris swirling around her garden in the dark, would she see a section of roofing come down? Siding fly off towards the street? Part of her wanted to look away. But the part that said watch was winning.
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S9The $11 Billion Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy - WIRED (No paywall)As the crypto scam commonly known as pig butchering has exploded into a full-blown criminal industry that steals tens of billions of dollars a year, an entire ecosystem has formed around it. That sub-industry offers tools and data for finding and tricking targets, money laundering services to help liquidate stolen fundseven detention tools to imprison and coerce the human trafficking victims enslaved to work in scam operations.On Wednesday, crypto-tracing firm Elliptic published a report that delves into crypto scammers extensive use of Huione Guarantee, a deposit and escrow service for peer-to-peer transactions that lets users buy and sell over the Telegram messaging service with the cryptocurrency Tether while preventing them from defrauding each other. By analyzing listings on the platform, engaging with sellerssometimes undercoverand following funds across Tethers blockchain sent to those sellers addresses, Elliptic was able to trace $11 billion in total transactions in just the three years since Huione Guarantee launched, including $3.4 billion so far this year.
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S10S11S12S13S15S16S17The untold story of the Human Genome Project: How one man's DNA became a pillar of genetics - STAT (No paywall)It was the spring of 1997, and the Human Genome Project, an ambitious attempt to read and map a human genetic code in its entirety, was building momentum. The projects scientists had refined techniques to read out the chemical sequences the series of As, Cs, Ts, and Gs that encode the building blocks of life. Now, the researchers just needed suitable human DNA to work with. More exactly, they needed DNA from ordinary people willing to have their genetic information published for the world to see. The volunteers who showed up at Buffalos Roswell Park Cancer Institute had come to answer the call.To take part in the study was to assume risks that were hard to calculate or predict. If the volunteers were publicly outed, project scientists told them, they might be contacted by the media or by critics of genetic research of whom there were many. If the published sequences revealed a worrisome genetic condition that could be tied back to the volunteers, they might face discrimination from potential employers or insurers. And it was impossible to know how future scientists might use or abuse genetic information. No ones genome had ever been sequenced before.
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S18The Return of the Military Draft - Foreign Policy (No paywall)Israelwhich has long had mandatory conscriptionis currently debating whether or not to lengthen its service for reservists as a result of its ongoing war against Hamas and Hezbollah, and it may soon expand the draft to the currently exempted ultra-Orthodox population following an Israeli Supreme Court ruling voiding the exemption last month. In May, Ukraine expanded its draft in order to replenish its forces as it continues to fight off the Russian invasion. Russia has similarly broadened its compulsory military service in response to mounting casualties in Ukraine. In the Baltic states, Latvia reintroduced the draft in 2023 following Russias attack on Ukraine; Lithuania reintroduced it in 2015 in response to Russias 2014 invasion of Ukraine; Estonia never abolished it. And halfway across the world, Taiwan recently lengthened its conscription period in response to increasingly menacing threats from China.Even countries not directly on the front line are talking about reinstituting a draft or expanding an existing one. Back in January, British General Staff chief Patrick Saunders made political waves when he stated that the United Kingdom would need a citizen army should it find itself in a major wara remark widely interpreted as calling for a reintroduction of the draft. In March, Denmark announced plans to expand its draft to include women and lengthen its time of service. And in May, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that he was convinced that Germany needs some kind of military conscription. The issue has even gotten some attention in the United States, as highlighted by recent congressional debates over whether young women should be required to register for selective service.
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S19S20Russia Is a Strategic Spoiler in the Indo-Pacific - Foreign Policy (No paywall)Although much of Russias foreign policy has been directed at the Middle East, Africa, andsince February 2022the conquest of Ukraine, Moscow has recently shown that it remains a formidable presence in the Indo-Pacific. Between mid-May and mid-June, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China, North Korea, and Vietnam to shore up key strategic partnerships. Yesterday and today, Putin is also meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Moscow in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called a devastating blow to peace efforts.Although much of Russias foreign policy has been directed at the Middle East, Africa, andsince February 2022the conquest of Ukraine, Moscow has recently shown that it remains a formidable presence in the Indo-Pacific. Between mid-May and mid-June, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China, North Korea, and Vietnam to shore up key strategic partnerships. Yesterday and today, Putin is also meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Moscow in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called a devastating blow to peace efforts.
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S21The Case for Progressive Realism - Foreign Affairs (No paywall)This year, voters in the United Kingdom will head to the polls as Keir Starmers Labour Party seeks to win power from the Conservative Party for the first time since 1997. It is difficult to overstate how much the world has changed in the intervening years. When former Prime Minister Tony Blair entered Downing Street 27 years ago, the British economy was larger than Indias and Chinas combined. The United Kingdom still administered a major Asian city, Hong Kong, as a colony. The increase in global temperatures from the long-term average was less than half what it is today. And American dominance was so striking that some people saw the spread of the liberal democratic model as inevitable.Today, the global order is messy and multipolar. China has become a superpower, with an economy more than five times as large as the United Kingdoms. But there has also been a shift in power to a wider variety of states since I was first a minister almost 19 years ago. As a result, geopolitics takes place on a much more crowded board. Countries described in these pages by CIA Director William Burns as the hedging middle are striking bargains and setting their own agendas in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Much of the news is grim: wars are increasing in scale and intensity. Democracies are on the back foot. Climate breakdown is no longer a future worry; it is already here. But the task of saving the planet has begun in earnest as states both compete and cooperate in an energy transition on which humanitys future depends.
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S22Avoiding War in the South China Sea - Foreign Affairs (No paywall)Throughout this year, American officials have been privately and publicly signaling to their Chinese counterparts that the United States is firmly committed to upholding its alliance commitments to the Philippines. The message is intended as a warning not to test the limits of American tolerance for Chinese attempts to obstruct access to Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the South China Sea where a grounded Philippines vessel, the Sierra Madre, serves as an outpost for Filipino soldiers. In May, Philippine President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos, Jr., delivered a keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, warning that if a Filipino citizen is killed by a willful act, it would be very, very close to what we define as an act of war, which could compel the Philippines to invoke the 1951 mutual defense treaty with the United States.Such rhetoric has not stopped Beijing from trying to prevent the Philippines from resupplying the Sierra Madre. The Philippines has successfully reinforced the outpost in recent months. But on June 17, the Chinese coast guard intentionally collided with a Philippine resupply boat. Chinese servicemen wielded axes, machetes, and improvised spears, and a Filipino sailor lost a finger in the ensuing skirmish. A video of the confrontation went viral. Chinese and Philippine vessels continue to operate close to one another. The risk remains high that an incident could result in the death of a Filipino soldier, potentially triggering the U.S.-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty and bringing American and Chinese forces to the brink of conflict.
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S23What does it take to become a saint in the modern age? - Culture (No paywall)Thats when the miracles come in. The Catholic Church requires evidence of one miracle to beatify a prospective saintwhich then allows the local church to venerate a person, a practice of bestowing them with special honors. After a second miracle occurs at this stage, the church can officially canonize them.The harder thing to prove is that healing could have only occurred through divine intervention. Cummings says the Church is more likely to declare a miracle if an injury was beyond hope and healed quickly. For the prospective saint to get credit for it, devotees must swear that theyd prayed only to him or her and no one else.
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S24Whale sharks are vanishing without a trace. Here's what we know - National Geographic Premium (No paywall)The scientists mapped whale shark aggregation hot spotsknown as constellations because of the sharks star-like patterns across their backsin 26 countries and overlaid them with information on the positions of large ships, provided by Global Fishing Watch, a nonprofit that uses technology to increase transparency around how our oceans are used and managed. (Learn the secrets of whale shark migration.)Whales, such as right whales, stay near the surface to breathe air, making them particularly vulnerable to hitting ships. Although whale sharks, which often reach 32 feet long, dont need to come up to breathe, they spend around half their time cruising at the surface feeding on plankton.
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S25Tapirs: The Ancient Forest Giants You Should Know About - Discover Magazine (No paywall)With their strange prehensile snouts, sturdy bodies, and curious behaviors, tapirs have long intrigued scientists and nature enthusiasts alike. Here, well explore what makes tapirs so unique, their habitats, their diets, and the critical conservation efforts needed to protect these endangered animals.Tapirs are primarily found in Central and South America, except for the Malayan tapir, which inhabits the forests of Southeast Asia. These creatures thrive in dense, tropical rainforests but can also be found in grasslands and swamps. Tapirs are excellent swimmers, often residing near water sources like rivers and lakes, where they can easily cool off and escape from predators.
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S26Uncover the Myth of Rasputin, Who Was Also Known as the Mad Monk - Discover Magazine (No paywall)Most of what we know about Rasputin is thanks to Douglas Smith, historian and translator, who in 2016 published an exhaustively researched biography, Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs. According to Smith, if the Rasputin you know is the character from pop culture, you dont know Rasputin. Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin was born in 1869 in the village of Pokrovskoye, in Siberia, a part of the Russian empire. He was a self-taught peasant who left his family farm to become something of a wandering holy man, though he was never ordained. He wound up in St. Petersburg, where he came to the attention of the Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. And that is where the plot thickens.
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S27S28S29S30What Does It Actually Take to Build a Data-Driven Culture?Building a data driven culture is hard. To capture what it takes to succeed, the authors look at the first two years of a new data program at Kuwaits Gulf Bank in which they worked to build a culture that embraced data, and offer a few lessons. First, it is important to start building the new culture from day one, even as doing so is not the primary mandate. Second, to change a culture, you need to get everyone involved. Third, give data quality strong consideration as the place to start. Finally, building this new culture takes courage and persistence.
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S31Do Customer Communities Pay Off?Ducati, the Italian motorcycle manufacturer, involves customers in every marketing function from communications to product design. LOMO, the Russian camera maker, has invited its customers to join a global enthusiasts community and contribute to a global image archive, square off against one another in snapshot duels, and compete in a photography contest called the LomOlymPics. And eBay has famously built its business around the community concept, offering dozens of online venues such as discussion boards, clubs, and chat rooms for members.
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S32Chief Executives Define Their Own Data NeedsHe could have been the president of any one of a number of successful and growing medium-sized companies in the electronics industry. He had spent the previous day working to salt away the acquisition of a small company that fitted an important position in the product line strategy he had evolved for his organization. Most of this day had been spent discussing problems and opportunities with key managers. During both days he had lived up to his reputation of being an able, aggressive, action-oriented chief executive of a leading company in its segment of the electronics field.
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S33How to Get More from Your Social Media PartnerResearchers are observing a number of meaningful trends in marketing these days: Social media spending has been steadily rising for years (and has spiked during the pandemic); more and more, companies are outsourcing their social media activities to third-party agencies and cutting their in-house social media staff; social media having a more positive impact than ever on companies overall performance.
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S34How Mayo Clinic Is Using iPads to Empower PatientsThroughout the world, companies are embracing mobile devices to set customer expectations, enlist them in satisfying their own needs, and get workers to adhere to best practices. An effort under way at the Mayo Clinic shows how such technology can be used to improve outcomes and lower costs in health care.
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S35S364 Analytics Concepts Every Manager Should UnderstandNearly every knowledge worker today needs to be a regular consumer of data analysis. Four data analytics concepts that every manager should understand include 1.) randomized controlled experiments; 2.) A/B testing; 3.) regression analysis; and 4.) statistical significance. This reading list of refresher articles from HBRs archives will give you a basic understanding of each of these four concepts, and how you can be applying them in your day-to-day work. It doesnt matter what business you are in or what your role is at your company, we all want to need to, really make smart, informed, evidence-based decisions.
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S37S38Craigslist: In Praise of PrimitiveEarlier this year, Gary Wolf wrote a great article in Wired magazine about Craigslist, the worlds dominant classified ad site. Wolf cites astonishing statistics: Its the most popular site in the US for dating, jobs, and apartments. It gets more traffic than the job sites Monster, CareerBuilder, and HotJobs combined. It also gets more traffic []
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S39Why It's Good to Be a "Technology Company"Venture capitalist Chris Dixons declaration, after plunking $50 million down on Buzzfeed, that he was investing in a technology company has been causing a bit of head-scratching and gentle mockery in media circles. After all, what most of Buzzfeeds 500 employees do is create lists and quizzes. That happens to be what many if not most magazine editors in the U.S. have been doing for the past 30-odd years. When magazine editors do it, its journalism. When Buzzfeed editors do it, its technology.
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S40Fixing the Leadership Gap in Southeast AsiaAs Chinas growth slows, countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are poised to gain a greater share of global trade. Combined, the 10 ASEAN member states Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam are projected to be the fourth-largest global economy by 2050. But if ASEAN businesses are going to capitalize on this new scale, they must contend with a scarcity of available leadership talent in the region.
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S41It's OK If Going to a Conference Doesn't Feel Like Real WorkWhen I was just starting my career, going to conferences seemed like a terrific perk. They were usually held in fun destinations and it was exciting to be mingling with smart thought leaders. But I quickly learned that attendance also came with an unspoken price tag. Not only was I missing whatever work was required of me back at the home officework that I had to figure out how to get done either whileI was on the road or onceI gotbackI also felt a burden to prove that it was worthwhile to send me to the conference in the first place. That the airfare, hotel room, and cab rides were money well spent.
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S42What's Your Leadership Origin Story?How you tell the story of your own path towards becoming a leader frames your leadership style, as well as the ways in which you cultivate and support other leaders within your organization. Based on an in-depth survey of 92 leaders, the authors shed light on four distinct types of leadership narratives: they found that the stories they heard were all framed around Being, Engaging, Performing, or Accepting. They go on to discuss gender disparities in their findings, and offer suggestions as to how leaders can better understand and expand their leadership stories.
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S43The CEO's Playbook for a Successful Digital TransformationDigital transformation is not a destination; its a permanent state of evolution. The point isnt to become digital; its to generate value for the business. And that can only happen if CEOs act as digital guardians of their companies transformations, and are clear on how they can best effect the change that will embed digital DNA into their organizations. A crucial characteristic of successful digital CEOs is that they can step back far enough from their current business to reimagine wheretransformative not incremental value is possible.This article lays out a playbook for success, outlining five areas where CEOs can focus their energies to accelerate a successful digital transformation.
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S44Should All Employees Feel Like Owners?Apparently, my post on the lunch lesson rubbed some people the wrong way. When I opined that I found that leadership = responsibility = not always getting to eat lunch, this was, for some, the most heinous concept short of universal healthcare for illegal aliens. The comments that disagreed with me fell into a few []
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S45The Indispensable Power of StorySome people have a way of making the complex clear. They know who they are, why they do what they do, and where they want to go. Because they have internalized all this, they are able to sharply crystallize ideas and vision. They speak in simple, relatable terms. And they can get a lot accomplished.
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S46Develop the Leaders You've Been OverlookingSay the word leader and most people immediately think of those with business cards that says manager, director, or other such lofty title. That is, the people who hold positions of stature within a companys hierarchy, to whom several individuals report, and whose influence comes in great measure from the positions they hold.
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S47How CEOs Can Lead a Data-Driven CultureWhile businesses across the world are trying to make more effective use of data, analytics, and AI, a key impediment is holding many of them back: The lack of a culture that truly values data/analytics capability and the superior decision making that can flow from it.In addition to trying to convert a passive or reluctant CEO, three types of change programs can move an organization in the right direction: Educational programs, leading by example, and promotions and rewards.
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S48What Africa's Leaders Have Learned About Facing Huge ChallengesThere is a sea change going on in African leadership. Overthe past decade, six of the fastest growing economies in the world have beenAfrican. Since 2000, for example,Rwanda has racked up average annual GDP growth in excess of 8%exceeding 12%during some quarters of the Great Recession. Ifthis continues, Rwanda will become a middle-income country by 2020.
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S49Leaders, Are You Feeling the Burden of Pandemic-Related Decisions?Its understandable that leaders right now are struggling with guilty feelings as they witness the disruptions and struggles that the Covid-19 crisis is causing their employees and colleagues, sometimes specifically as a result of their own actions. Guilt is an upsetting emotion to reckon with; but its alsoa sign of a conscientious leader. Drawing on her work consulting with hundreds of leaders, the author shares tips for how leaders can transform their guilt into inspiration to help reevaluate and improve the way they approach their employees and company, and to demonstrate compassionate leadership in difficult times.
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S50Why Collaboration Is Critical in Uncertain TimesRecent research suggests that when resources become limited, many business leaders inclinations are to become risk-averse and protect their own interests, fostering a culture of conservatism and prioritizing stability over innovation. In such circumstances, the emphasis often shifts toward preserving existing assets, reducing expenditures, and maintaining the status quo, which can hinder the organizations ability to adapt, pivot, and thrive in a competitive environment. However, its precisely during these challenging times that the untapped potential of collaboration can be a game-changer. If youre a leader struggling with risk-taking, here are four strategies to make the mindset and behavior shifts to become more collaborative and unlock growth.
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